Kishore P Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Thanks! angelcaido.... Did you get any response form the DOS? Link to comment
angelcaido Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Has anyone try calling/emailing them? If so, what did they say? Link to comment
shanavas Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I had emailed them last week. Here is what they said: Our Waiver Review Division is making every effort to offer expedited processing for our J-1visa waiver applicants. However, due to high volume of applications there can be no guarantee that your wavier will be finished by a particular date. Probably a standard response. Link to comment
angelcaido Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I had emailed them last week. Here is what they said: Probably a standard response. True. How long have they had your No-objection statement? Link to comment
Kishore P Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 They had my no objection statement for about 2 months and issued favorable recommendation yesterday. Hope many of you would also receive favorable recommendations in next two weeks. Link to comment
angelcaido Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 They had my no objection statement for about 2 months and issued favorable recommendation yesterday. Hope many of you would also receive favorable recommendations in next two weeks. Congratulations! and thank you for letting us know. Please let us know when you get the final waiver from USCIS. Others: Please share any updates so we can get an idea of the current timeline. Best of luck to everyone! Link to comment
mallan Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Dear all, In my case the DoS received all the documents including the No Objection Statement on Nov. 19th (almost 8 weeks) and still the case status shows PENDING. Please update if any of you have received favorable recommendation letter from DoS. Kishore , in your case DOS took almost 9 weeks right ? Link to comment
LegalRoute Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Congrats to all those who got their favorable recommendations. I am in the same boat but I received US government funding for a high school exchange program in 2004. I spent 18 months in my country but I returned for college. My wife is a US citizen and we went for the no objection waiver because hopefully partial completion of the HRR would help my case along with my activities while in the US for college that meet the goals of the J1 program I was on. Now I am at the Sponsor Views Sent stage and I was wondering if anybody on here is in the same situation? They have had my No Obj Statement for about a month now and sponsor views were sent a couple of weeks ago. Please share your news if you have any. I will do the same, because this is one of the most frustrating things I have had to deal with in a while. Peace and good luck. Link to comment
Jnsmart Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Finally I have gotten favorable recommendation from DOS. Its after 3 months since I sent all the documents and 2 months they updated status on their website. My experience so far has been very frustrating. Any body has idea about USCIS processing time. My J-1 is expiring in next few months and may have to leave if it wont be done soon. I appreciate all the suggestion on this forum. Link to comment
singh125 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Many many congratulations! I have read in many post, that it takes around 2 weeks for the final wavier after favorable recommendation from DOS. Can you please mention dates when DOS showed they received No objection statement online and favorable recommendation online? Link to comment
mallan Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Finally I have gotten favorable recommendation from DOS. Its after 3 months since I sent all the documents and 2 months they updated status on their website. My experience so far has been very frustrating. Any body has idea about USCIS processing time. My J-1 is expiring in next few months and may have to leave if it wont be done soon. I appreciate all the suggestion on this forum. Congrats !!.. You can apply for H1 once you have the copy of favorable recommendation from DOS. The H1 status may be pending and you may not work until you have the H1 B approved. That way you can' legally 'stay in USA. Contact your International Affairs office to make your stay legal . Pleas let us know when you are getting the recommendation letter and 1 final J1 waiver Link to comment
Jnsmart Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Drs. Mallan and Singh 125, Thanks for your valuable suggestions. I'm hopeful to get final waiver soon. Link to comment
mallan Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Drs. Mallan and Singh 125, Thanks for your valuable suggestions. I'm hopeful to get final waiver soon. My status was not changed for 2 months ( = 8 weeks ) . I will wait for one more week and try to contact DOS. H1 process is going to be premium process =D Link to comment
mallan Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 I have an update today (exactly after 8 weeks and one day ) shows "favorable recommendation" sent . Link to comment
shanavas Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Happy to report that DOS finally decided on my case favorably. Timeline: 27 Nov 2013: Indian Embassy issued NOC 13 Dec 2013: DOS received NOC 06 Feb 2014: DOS "favorable recommendation" sent Indian side of the process took 1.5 months, while the US side already took more than 2 months. Now my new employer can file H1B while waiting for final USCIS decision. Few things I learned: 1. It takes ~2 weeks before documents are "received" on j1waiverstatus website after they receive it by post. No need to panic. 2. j1waiverstatus website seems to get updated in the middle of the night (between 1 AM CST and 6 AM CST). So if you are OCD (like me) and keep refreshing that website, the best time is morning. (may be others can confirm this) 3. They always promptly reply when you email them. I will report back when I get final decision from USCIS. Link to comment
dev1986 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Posting my DoS time line here...hope it helps others. 7th Feb - Recommendation Sent. 31st Dec - NOS received So about 4 - 5 weeks for the recommendation to be sent. Link to comment
Sudheesh Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Congratulation to all those who got the favourable recommendations... My DOS time line is, NOS received - 13th December 2013 Recommendation Sent - 6th Feb 2014 Link to comment
singh125 Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Congratulations everyone! I recently noticed that DOS sent favorable recommendation online and here is my timeline: Recommendation Sent: Feb 7th 2014 No objection Statement received: Jan 9th 2014 Technically, they received No objection Statement on Dec 20th 2013. Please update if anyone has received J1 wavier recently n I wish to know how should we proceed from here as I don't know my USCIS case #. Is it we can call them and they can search and tell about our J1 wavier application? Link to comment
LegalRoute Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 From those of you who got their NOL received in early to mid December and were sponsored by the U.S. Government at some point (or an international organization that gets funds from the U.S.), have they requested sponsor views? If so, how long did it take them from when they received the NOL till they requested the views? Link to comment
LegalRoute Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Angelcaido, Are you dealing with sponsor views because u were funded by the US government at some point? If so I am in the same boat. My sponsor views were requested Jan 15 and I am waiting for the recommendation still. Do u have any updates on urs? I will let u know if mine changes before urs does. Link to comment
angelcaido Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Angelcaido, Are you dealing with sponsor views because u were funded by the US government at some point? If so I am in the same boat. My sponsor views were requested Jan 15 and I am waiting for the recommendation still. Do u have any updates on urs? I will let u know if mine changes before urs does. My program was funded by my government, but the money was funneled through an American non-profit that administers scholarships for many governments (including the US). After more than six weeks, the DoS decided to request sponsor views from them. Thankfully they replied last week and I'm now back to waiting. I'm not sure how long I'll have to wait now. This process has been incredibly frustrating, but hopefully I will hear news soon. Good luck! Link to comment
dagarwal3 Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 Hi, My J1 waiver documents were received(fedex) at St. louis on Jan 8th and the NOC sent by the Indian Embassy was dated 31st december, 2013. Currently there is no information regarding my case on the status website. What should I do? Any suggestions. I tried calling and email both. It doesn't help at all. Link to comment
Kishore P Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 Congratulations everyone! I recently noticed that DOS sent favorable recommendation online and here is my timeline: Recommendation Sent: Feb 7th 2014 No objection Statement received: Jan 9th 2014 Technically, they received No objection Statement on Dec 20th 2013. Please update if anyone has received J1 wavier recently n I wish to know how should we proceed from here as I don't know my USCIS case #. Is it we can call them and they can search and tell about our J1 wavier application? Do not worry and you would be receiving a document from USCIS with case number soon. USCIS has sent the final approval notice for me recently. Link to comment
Kishore P Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 Congratulations! and thank you for letting us know. Please let us know when you get the final waiver from USCIS. Others: Please share any updates so we can get an idea of the current timeline. Best of luck to everyone! Received the final waiver approval notice from USCIS yesterday. Link to comment
singh125 Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 I received the USCIS case receipt for J1 waiver. The date on notice was Feb 10th. The case number is still not showing up anything on USCIS website. Any comments on it? Link to comment
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